The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-07

as to which will be sacrificed IL will be
the political tie every time
The old soldiers have ample and suff-
cient reasons for denouncing, almost
unanimously, as they do, the insults and
acts hurled upon them by the President
and his unprinoipled anti Union dictators;
they have incurred the candid indignation
of the soldiery and It is but mete that the
same should revert again upon the de-
serving heads irrespective Of party af1ilia-
tions. Is IL possible that Mr.. Cleveland
and his dictators and the leaders of his
party have the least shadow of right to
expect tho old soldier to honor the Prcsi-
dent in manner contrary to the honor
paid to even the heroes of dozen battles?
Yes, by their fruits We shall know them.
Thny did expect, or at least they desired
it, at Wheeling in August last. Every
sensible individual knows for himself that
the there conceived idea of placing the
bust of an enemy of the soldier in such a
manner as to be saluted 10y them would
have been accepted as their approval Of
the course he had pursued in relation to
the soldier, had the soldiers unceremo-
niously passed under and saluted the bust.
No; we sag to Mr.. Cleveland and his par
ticulsr friends, that 1t was not the dear old
flag tho old soldiers there refused to sa-
Lutte, for their love for that flag they fought
SO long and we'll to sustain is as dear to
them as the blood that courses their veins |;
but it was the stain they saw upon it they
so honorably refused TO recognize. Too
we'll did the soldier recollect the opportu-
nifty Mr.. Cleveland had of mingling with
them in paying their annual, solemn and
heartfelt tribute to their dead comrades
on the thirtieth of May last; did he accept
that opportunity? No, but he takes his
pole and line on that day dear to every
| patriotic heart, and strolls along the noun
tain streams. There was no pleasure suit
ed to his mind and affections; he fled to
other parts in quest of associations more
congenial to his taste, like the owl that
flies from the vocal grove and the society
of the feathered choir, and prefers the
shades of night to the beams of day. Is
1t any wonder that the old soldiers should
not prefer to associate with him at st.
Louis 80 soon after the above episodef Is
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so unanimously against man whose only
ambition is for self aggrandizement: (:
whose patriotism is so weak as to permit
him to step across the line of authority
and hand over relics won by other hands
on bloody fieldsH
We assert without fear of successful
contradiction that the G. A. r. has done
more 10 bridge the chasm of sectional an.
imosity than any other set or class of men
in existence. Nor have they done so by
making concessions unbecoming true
soldiers; they have not, nor never will,
lose sight of this fact The North was
eternally right; the South was eternally
wrong. The soldiers on both sides have
met each other time and again and shook
hands over this solemn, stubborn declara-
tion. But strange sounds come to our
ears of late; we have heard no such
sounds for many years: MIR. Cleveland
scarcely reaches his home from his South
err trip until Davis, an arly, is talking
treason and kissing the emblems of rebel.
lion. Whether Mr.. Cleveland encouraged
and set anew the slumbering brands o.
treason on fire, we know not, and perhaps
never shall, but we will see in the futur,
what we shall see. Nor will we be SLOW
in sustaining the character and principle.
of our order no matter by whom assailed
Political ties dwindle into insigniicspc,
when compared TO our love of country
her patriotic defenders and dependen
ones. ]. A.